Gerald A. Badali

Gerald A. Badali

Toronto

Brookfield Place, Suite 4400

181 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3

t:
416.307.4064

e:
gerald.badali@mcmillan.ca

overview

Gerald Badali is a member of the firm's Financial Services Group. His practice areas include corporate/commercial work with a particular emphasis on regulatory and insurance matters as well as information technology and procurement.

Gerald has been advising on regulatory and insurance issues in excess of twenty-five years, both at the federal and provincial levels, representing insurance companies, banks, payment card companies, automobile manufacturers/distributors, marketing corporations, telecoms and others. His practice in this area focuses on product development and marketing as well as on regulatory compliance under federal, provincial and territorial insurance legislation, the Bank Act (Canada) and its regulations, consumer protection legislation across Canada, Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation, etc. He is a Chief Agent in Ontario and is a former member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO).

Representative Matters

Financial Services & Regulatory

Advised on life, accident and sickness, property, liability, surety, title, travel and creditor's group insurance matters including product development work in respect of term life, universal life and annuity policies as well as variable insurance (segregated funds) contracts

Advised on corporate reorganizations and governance, market conduct, product distribution and marketing arrangements (including affinity programs), as well as on regulatory matters related to all of the foregoing

Advised auto, electronics and other manufacturers, warranty administrators as well as others on the implementation and administration of warranty, extended warranty, service contract and other dealer-sold programs, on a cross-Canada basis

Advised manufacturers, national distributors or their lending divisions on floorplan inventory insurance programs

Advised life insurance companies and their holding corporations in connection with acquisitions as well as with divestitures of divisions, subsidiaries and investments including asset sales, share sales, assumption reinsurance and insurance administration agreements

Advised on 'insurance discrimination', and the intersection of 'human rights discrimination' and insurance

Recognized in Chambers Canada 2017 as a leading lawyer in the area of Insurance: Transactional and Regulatory

Recognized by A.M. Best in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 as a Recommended Law Digest Contributor

Gerald Badali is a member of the firm's Financial Services Group. His practice areas include corporate/commercial work with a particular emphasis on regulatory and insurance matters as well as information technology and procurement.

Gerald has been advising on regulatory and insurance issues in excess of twenty-five years, both at the federal and provincial levels, representing insurance companies, banks, payment card companies, automobile manufacturers/distributors, marketing corporations, telecoms and others. His practice in this area focuses on product development and marketing as well as on regulatory compliance under federal, provincial and territorial insurance legislation, the Bank Act (Canada) and its regulations, consumer protection legislation across Canada, Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislation, etc. He is a Chief Agent in Ontario and is a former member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO).

Financial Services & Regulatory

Advised on life, accident and sickness, property, liability, surety, title, travel and creditor's group insurance matters including product development work in respect of term life, universal life and annuity policies as well as variable insurance (segregated funds) contracts

Advised on corporate reorganizations and governance, market conduct, product distribution and marketing arrangements (including affinity programs), as well as on regulatory matters related to all of the foregoing

Advised auto, electronics and other manufacturers, warranty administrators as well as others on the implementation and administration of warranty, extended warranty, service contract and other dealer-sold programs, on a cross-Canada basis

Advised manufacturers, national distributors or their lending divisions on floorplan inventory insurance programs

Advised life insurance companies and their holding corporations in connection with acquisitions as well as with divestitures of divisions, subsidiaries and investments including asset sales, share sales, assumption reinsurance and insurance administration agreements

Advised on 'insurance discrimination', and the intersection of 'human rights discrimination' and insurance